298: The Purple Beetle

In just three days, the Gold Beetle leveled up twice, its cultivation almost catching up to Vajra.

Even Qin Shilei, its master, couldn't help but feel envious of such rapid leveling speed.

However, when Qin Shilei saw the Gold Beetle eating non-stop, he couldn't help but kick it a few times.

For these three days, the Gold Beetle had been eating almost non-stop.

It ate while directing its underlings to kill enemies; it ate while traveling; even when sleeping, it ate with its eyes closed.

It had eaten a total of 150,000 bugs in three days.

Even when Qin Shilei offered to replenish its underlings, this guy wasn't very enthusiastic; all it cared about was eating.

When asked to lead the way, it wandered around for a long time and still couldn't find the location of another group of beetles.

Qin Shilei came to the Insect World through the Space Rift not just to feed his pet.

He had an idea: to quickly help the Gold Beetle advance to the Platinum Realm.

Currently, the strongest bugs coming to Blue Star through the Space Rift were only at the Golden Realm.

As long as the Gold Beetle advanced to the Platinum Realm, it could command and order these bugs.

At that time, it could order them to retreat to the other side of the Space Rift and act as guardians for Blue Star.

Although the Gold Beetle could achieve rapid advancement by devouring, it was too obsessed with eating now.

Even when its underlings were fighting, it wouldn't help, only burying its head to eat frantically.

Qin Shilei threatened, "If you keep leading us the wrong way, and you lose your underlings to help you kill monsters, you'll have no food source and just starve to death."

The Gold Beetle immediately panicked, endured its hunger, used its few brain cells to think, then carefully distinguished the direction, and turned to run to the right.

Qin Shilei found the Gold Beetle too slow, so after it pointed a direction, he put it into his pet bag and rode Little Strong, flying rapidly towards that direction.

After flying for nearly an hour, they finally discovered traces of scattered beetles.

Crossing a large mountain, a small basin appeared before them, and within the basin were massive numbers of beetles.

Qin Shilei searched back and forth over the basin several times but still couldn't find the Gold Beetle's figure.

Had the king of this group of beetles gone out hunting, or was it hiding somewhere?

Since I can't find you, I'll force you out.

Qin Shilei teleported to the edge of the basin and released the Gold Beetle.

"Glutton, go control the bug swarm below."

"Roar!"

The Gold Beetle raised its head and roared, attempting to control the bugs in the basin.

Unfortunately, those bugs were not only not controlled but roared and charged towards it.

"You useless Glutton, hurry up! If you don't lure out the Gold Beetle, your food supply will be cut off."

Qin Shilei kicked his Glutton pet, which was gnawing on a Claw Beast.

This guy was truly hopeless; the enemy was almost upon them, and it was still focused on eating.

The side effect displayed by the Glutton's Stomach was being perpetually hungry; were there other hidden side effects?

Fortunately, constrained by the 'die-hard loyalty' trait, the Glutton was 100% obedient to its master's commands.

Swallowing the meat in its mouth, it charged forward like a Tank.

Immediately, numerous bugs were shattered, their bones broken, screaming and flying backward in all directions.

On the other side, Vajra, holding a long staff, also charged wildly through the bug swarm like a peerless fierce beast.

Under the harassment of the two great Golden Beasts, the bug swarm immediately became chaotic.

Just as Qin Shilei had guessed, the Gold Beetle, hidden in the shadows, angrily rushed out of a hidden cave after the bug swarm became chaotic.

"So you were hiding here."

Qin Shilei transformed into a flash of lightning and shot towards that Gold Beetle.

Boom!

The silver light instantly collided with the golden light, and a violent fluctuation erupted from the collision point.

The surrounding bugs were sent flying by this powerful shockwave.

The Gold Beetle had just emerged from the cave and hadn't even clearly seen what was happening when it took a heavy blow.

Then it discovered in horror that it couldn't move.

"Become my pet's food!"

Qin Shilei was about to strike and eliminate this Gold Beetle.

Suddenly, the sky above darkened, and a huge shadow descended from the sky, smashing towards him.

Teleport!

Qin Shilei instantly appeared above that shadow.

Purple Armor Bug?

Before Qin Shilei could clearly see the purple figure, it had already transformed into a phantom and rapidly blasted towards him.

Bang!

The opponent's extreme speed caused a sonic boom in the air.

Qin Shilei had no time to activate Teleport again and could only raise the Giant Que Sword to block in front of him.

Boom!

A huge force came from the Giant Que Sword; Qin Shilei opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body flying backward like a cannonball.

Damn it.

How could a Purple Armor Bug appear here?

Didn't they say there was only one Platinum bug in this area, and that was the Illusion Sound Butterfly?

But that Purple Armor Bug gave Qin Shilei no chance to catch his breath; after sending him flying with one move, it again transformed into a phantom and chased after him.

"Phantom!"

As Qin Shilei's thought moved, the phantom clone that was attacking the Gold Beetle below instantly teleported to block in front of the Purple Armor Bug.

The phantom was also instantly sent flying by the Purple Armor Bug.

However, Qin Shilei had already seized this fleeting opportunity to teleport five hundred meters away.

"It's not like I haven't killed Platinum-ranked beings before; let's see how I slaughter you."

Caught off guard, he was actually made to spit blood by the opponent, and Qin Shilei felt extremely furious.

He quickly took off his dragon scale armor.

Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth!

In the blink of an eye, Qin Shilei transformed into a small giant five or six meters tall.

As soon as he finished transforming, the Purple Armor Bug's sharp forelimbs transformed into a purple light and chopped down.

Boom!

Qin Shilei raised his sword to cleave back, emitting a huge crashing sound.

Both sides took a step back.

Under the amplification of Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Qin Shilei's strength was not much worse than the Purple Armor Bug's.

On the contrary, with his superb swordsmanship, he fought the opponent to a standstill.

Through his Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple, Qin Shilei had already seen that this Purple Armor Bug was only Platinum One-Star.

Its strength was stronger than his, but only slightly.

With confidence in his heart, Qin Shilei actively charged towards the opponent.

Clang, clang, clang!

One person and one beast were rapidly engaging each other.

Violent primal energy surged wildly within a hundred-meter radius.

The surrounding bugs had no time to escape and were swept away by this aura, cut into several pieces.

Boom!

The man and the beast clashed again, and both sides retreated a few steps.

"You are not a creature of our Insect World?"

The Purple Armor Bug did not charge forward again but instead asked.

"Of course, I am not one of you damned bugs."

Qin Shilei sneered.

It seemed that these bugs, once they advanced to the Platinum Realm, could directly communicate with others through mental power, which was quite convenient.

The Purple Armor Bug said disdainfully, "Humble Other World creature, how dare you enter our Insect World? Today, I shall let you sleep here forever."

After saying that, it soared into the air, flying dozens of meters high.

"Roar!"

Following the Purple Armor Bug's roar, countless bugs charged towards Qin Shilei.

"Don't you have any shame? Your cultivation is higher than mine, yet you still send your underlings to their deaths!"

Qin Shilei was completely shocked by the Purple Armor Bug's shamelessness.